Trump warns that Clinton and international banks are plotting 'the destruction of global sovereignty'

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last updated 14 October 2016

Speaking at a rally in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Thursday, Donald Trump slammed Hillary Clinton over the recent release of WikiLeaks emails in especially dark terms. "Hillary Clinton meets in secret with international banks to plan the destruction of global sovereignty," he blasted. Multiple people listening expressed concern over his word choice:

"Our great civilization has come upon a moment of reckoning," Trump went on at his rally. "Our independence day is at hand."

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